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A student has won a place at university after writing her application on a shop wall. Lara Roberts, 19, painted her personal statement in a derelict shopping centre before photographing it to send...
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Stress in new mothers
Mothers who cradle their baby to their right-hand side are displaying signs of extreme stress that could lead to depression, a Durham University study has suggested. The Durham researchers suggest...
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Former polytechnics spread their wings
Fifteen years after John Major turned polys into 'new universities', the diversity that grew out of that change is breeding success. Tony Tysome, who reported on the reforms at the time, takes stock...
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Bournemouth targets 'the professionals'
In the two years since he joined Bournemouth University, Paul Curran has acquired a reputation as one of the most controversial vice-chancellors in the sector. Sally Hunt, general secretary of the...
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'I feel lucky. I do not want to waste my opportunity'
Andrew Armour is very content. The physics lecturer at Nottingham University has a happy home life and a satisfying career, but there is a lot more to it than that. "I have no problem that is likely...
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Sporting academics
Leeds Metropolitan University has become the official education partner of Leeds United Ladies FC, the first partnership of its kind between a university and a club in the FA Tesco Women's Premier...
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Lecturer sets sail
A creative-writing lecturer from the University of Central England in Birmingham will compete next month in the IFDS Disabled Sailing World Championships. Jackie Gay and sailing partner Allan Smith...
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Prize for print history
David Finkelstein has won the the second annual Robert Colby Memorial Book Prize. Professor Finkelstein, Queen Margaret University research professor of media and print culture, won the $3,000 award...
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Blood pressure find
Scientists at King's College London have discovered a new mechanism for regulating blood pressure. The research, which is published online in the journal Science and funded by the British Heart...
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£1m grant for strokes
The University of Central Lancashire has won a £1 million grant from the Department of Health to research new ways of training the emergency services to recognise the early signs of stroke. The...
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Universities ordered to improve health and safety
Universities have been urged to take a more proactive approach to protecting their staff from injury or illness following the latest spate of health and safety breaches. Research by The Times Higher...
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Science relegated in fight for slice of pie
Many US institutions battle for cash through a controversial Congressional budgeting practice that sidesteps merit-based methods of funding research. Jon Marcus reports The measure passed by the US...
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Hundreds of posts empty in Germany
More than 10 per cent of professorships in languages and culture were unfilled between 1995 and 2005, according to a German lecturers' union. The German Association of University Professors and...
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Indian push to increase training
India will set up 40 specialist higher education institutions and 30 universities, the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, has announced. He said that the country would establish five institutes for...
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Breaking up is not so hard to do
Generations of authors, singers and film-makers had it wrong - ending a relationship is not that difficult after all, according to a new study. The research at Northwestern University found people...